Javascript lets us run program logic on the client-side, meaning we can change HTML Elements dynamically based on some logic without reloading the page with a new server call. This logic is run by Events that are launched from User Interaction. A common way of doing so is adding inline Javascript events , but I’d like to erradicate this scourge from the web.
Steve Webster recently wrote an article about how horribly standards-stupid SproutCore (the Javascript framework Apple used to make MobileMe) is. He kind of has the right mind-set, in that Javascript should be a progressive enhancement to web-sites, and they should still function properly without i...
Mootools released version 1.2 a couple months ago. And it rocks. I find developing in Mootools to simple, and actually fun (go ahead, slap me with the geek word). I’ve been writing a few classes in my day office, and have found some rockin’ resources for leaning Mootools.
I have the most f...
With web applications becoming more prevalent, and new developers showing up to fill the demand, security for web applications is increasingly important. Some applications have very special, very private data that should be only accessible to the specific user. Other, less “important” applicat...
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This book goes into useful detail about finer things in Javascript. Excellent intermediate level book for programmers. It goes into topics such as function invocation patterns, prototypal inheritance models and usage, and constructors.
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